Her flow is at 100 miles and runnin. Then she dropped a controversial "Oppa" song that was banned!! for suggestive lyrics. How can she not be repped at Thanks Odango for the introduction, uploads and vast knowledge.

Funny that you mention Eminem because from what I have read she is influenced by Em & Nas (among other people). You can definitely hear the rebel in her music. The Happy E.vil album is so good. Maybe having the album banned and all increased my interest in her but regardless of that, she is dope. When you can rhyme, it dont matter what language it is, when you got it you got it.

Very interested in whatever she does next because she made a fan out of me.

e.via Stumbled across her a couple of weeks ago and instantly fell in love. Not only is she really cute, but she's a speed rappin' gangsta! I hope she gets more exposure, despite being banned from doing anything from her album on the major networks. Also, she somehow pulls off being hardcore while wearing a big backpack (see Hey! MV below).

And here's the song she's currently promoting~ She performed this live at MTV as well (The only station she's been invited to perform on to my knowledge thus far. All material from her first EP has been banned from all three major network stations - SBS, KSB, MBC)

That's extremely surprising, considering E.via is known for her sexually explicit songs.

E.via revealed this through a service known as Monkey3, where fans send in questions via MMS, which are then answered by the stars via video. More specifically, E.via was asked "if you were to become a member of a girl group, which group would you choose?" She answered, "Because everyone in my company are fans of SNSD, I would like to join SNSD."

E.via continued:

"However, no matter what group you are in, there are many members, so you would only be able to rap a little - no matter how quickly you rap. Therefore, I wouldn't want to be in a group."

When asked about a memorable moment, E.via said:

"A solider asked me to sign his t-shirt that he was wearing, so I was signing it very diligently. And all of a sudden the soldier started looking at me and asked, 'By the way, who are you?' It was very absurd and I was upset. But everything turned out ok, as he later recognized me when I rapped 'Hey' on the spot."

I just found out about her today, and wow I'm blown away. Her style is really cool. K-rap is good, very excited to see what she comes up with in the future. Thanks for the MV for shake it... that shit is hot. Thread is subscribed

I take back what I said before when I listened to the teaser. 'Pick Up! U!' goes in my good books now that I've heard the whole thing. I don't like the chorus because it's all computerised, but I do love e.via's parts. Really catchy verses Listening to it more, the verses transition into the chorus really well, helping me appreciate it more. Overall, the song is pretty cute, not the kind of e.via style I'm used to. Apparently the lyrics were thought of while thinking of fans and fun stage performances. Go figure

Track 4, 'My Medicine' is possibly the best slow tempo Korean rap song I've heard all year. Definitely a favourite I haven't heard of Napper before, but she works well in this track. This is battling for my favourite song of the year.

At first I was wondering about the intermission track, but it really does help to go from the upbeat 'Pick Up! U!' to the much slower, easy listening 'My Medicine'.